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准

zhǔn

Old HSK 2 HSK 3.0 character level 2 Character

准 (zhǔn) means "to allow; to grant; in accordance with". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 2 in the old six-level list.

What 准 means

1. to allow
2. to grant
3. in accordance with
4. in the light of

Other readings

准 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zhǔnaccurate; standard; definitely

Example sentences

• 不准确。
  Not exactly.
• 需要准许。
  Xūyào zhǔnxǔ.
  A permit is required.
• 他准会忘。
  He's bound to forget.
• 我没准备。
  I wasn't prepared.
• 我准备好了。
  I am ready.
• 我重视准时。
  I make a point of being punctual.

Words starting with 准

• 准备zhǔn bèipreparation; to prepare; to intend
• 准确zhǔn quèaccurate; exact; precise
• 准时zhǔn shíon time; punctual; on schedule
• 准则zhǔn zénorm; standard; criterion
• 准考证zhǔn kǎo zhèng(exam) admission ticket
• 准许zhǔn xǔto allow; to grant; to permit
• 准确性zhǔn què xìngaccuracy
• 准入zhǔn rùaccess; admittance
• 准予zhǔn yǔto grant; to approve; to permit
• 准将zhǔn jiàngbrigadier general; commodore
• 准保zhǔn bǎocertainly; for sure
• 准信zhǔn xìndefinite and reliable information
• 准的zhǔn dìstandard; norm; criterion
• 准点zhǔn diǎnon time; on schedule
• 准备金zhǔn bèi jīnreserve fund
• 准生证zhǔn shēng zhèngbirth permit
• 准备好了zhǔn bèi hǎo leto be ready
• 准线zhǔn xiàndirectrix line of a parabola; guide line
• 准头zhǔn tóu(physiognomy) the tip of the nose
• 准星zhǔn xīngfront sight (firearms); the zero point indicator marked on a steelyard
• 准妈妈zhǔn mā mamother-to-be
• 准决赛zhǔn jué sàisemifinal
• 准格尔旗Zhǔn gé ěr QíJungar Banner in Ordos 鄂尔多斯
• 准谱儿zhǔn pǔ rdefinite idea; certainty; clear plan; definite guidelines

Words containing 准

• 标准biāo zhǔnstandard; norm; criterion; (adjective) standard; good; correct; conforming to a standard
• 批准pī zhǔnto approve; to ratify
• 不准bù zhǔnnot to allow; to forbid; to prohibit
• 水准shuǐ zhǔnlevel (of achievement etc); standard; level (surveying)
• 瞄准miáo zhǔnto take aim at; to target
• 对准duì zhǔnto aim at; to target; to point at
• 为准wéi zhǔnto serve as the norm; ...shall prevail (as standard for rules, regulations, price etc)
• 没准méi zhǔnnot sure; maybe
• 标准化biāo zhǔn huàstandardization
• 获准huò zhǔnto obtain permission
• 说不准shuō bù zhǔnunable to say; can't say precisely
• 核准hé zhǔnto authorize; to investigate then ratify
• 看准kàn zhǔnto observe and make sure; to check
• 标准间biāo zhǔn jiānstandard (hotel) room; two-person room of standard size and amenities; abbr. to 标间
• 基准jī zhǔn(surveying) datum; standard; criterion; benchmark
• 拿不准ná bù zhǔnin doubt; unsure of sth; unable to decide; indecisive
• 一准yī zhǔncertainly
• 保准bǎo zhǔnto guarantee; reliable; for sure
• 市场准入shì chǎng zhǔn rùaccess to markets
• 作准zuò zhǔnto be valid; to count; authentic
• 特准tè zhǔnto give special approval
• 认准rèn zhǔnto identify clearly; to make sure of; to believe firmly
• 调准tiáo zhǔnto adjust to the right value; to tune; to focus (a camera etc)
• 不标准bù biāo zhǔnnonstandard; incorrect; (of one's speech) poor; woeful…

Characters that look like 准

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 渔yúfisherman; to fish
• 唐tángto exaggerate; empty; in vain
• 凉liángcool; cold
• 淮Huáiname of a river
• 浊zhuóturbid; muddy; impure
• 痍yíbruise; sores

Where 准 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 2 Characters · Set 10 (HSK 2), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 2 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhǔn correctly.
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